Need Help!!! Strings for Conklin BDGT-7!!

Steelpulz · #1 12-05-2006, 11:59 AM

I just got a Conklin 7-string. It is strung B-F. I want to string it F#-C. What gauges would be best. I play mostly contemporary gospel, some jazz, funk, etc.

The gauges for Snakeskins are .027, .047, .067, .087, .107, .127, and .150. The S.I.T. Power Steels are .025, .035, .055,
.080, .110, .135 and .165.

Also, if can recommend any other brands. gauges, I'd appreciate it.

HELLonWheels187 · #2 12-05-2006, 04:05 PM

You might want to go and get a 6 string set and then get a single string for the F#. I'm thinking that an F# will be so low that I don't think there will be very many tonal differances. Thats just my $0.02

saxnbass · #3 12-05-2006, 04:41 PM

Check out http://www.juststrings.com

Steelpulz · #4 12-05-2006, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by HELLonWheels187

You might want to go and get a 6 string set and then get a single string for the F#. I'm thinking that an F# will be so low that I don't think there will be very many tonal differances. Thats just my $0.02

Thanks HellonWheels. The sets that I first mentioned are 6-strings with the additional F#. Re: tonal differences, I want the 7-strings because of the range in one position and because a LOT of songs that I play are in Bb, Db, Eb etc. So, the low Bb, Ab, G on the F# will be very useful. I didn't want to have to detune.

The BDGT-7 feels great. The neck is easier to play and faster thatn the one on my YamahaRBX 765A. The electronics and finish on the bass are to die for. The string spacing is a little tight, but I'm getting used to it.

Saxnbass-thanks for the link. I found places where I can get the strings that I mentioned. I was trying to find more info from on alternate gauges etc. Conklin Guitars has the strings as well as bassguitarstrings.us, another good site for strings.

BillyB_from_LZ · #5 12-08-2006, 10:53 AM

I summoned Eli who plays a pair of Conklin Groove Tools 7 strings...

eli · #6 12-08-2006, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillyB_from_LZ

I summoned Eli who plays a pair of Conklin Groove Tools 7 strings...

'Preciate you thinking of me, but I string B-F and have spent NO time considering low F# strings...

Steelpulz · #7 12-08-2006, 05:42 PM

I emailed knuckleguitarworks.com and got a response from Skip. He wrote tat he had .180 gauge F# string and recommended that over Conklin's .160 gauge.

Does anyone here have any experience or thoughts about a .180 F#. Please let me know. He also suggested mating the .180 to a 6-string set of La Bella Hard Rockin Steels (B .128)

greenboy · #8 12-08-2006, 05:54 PM

Actually its a .185, and the SIT/Conklin is a .165.

I use the .185 and like it better than the .165. Not so much because it's fatter, but because in spite of being fatter it's also more flexible and thus has a nicer balance of overtones while still having a good tight feel. And yes, my B string is often a tapered .128 Labella or tapered D'Addario .135.